FINGER CLUB FEAST
NO FORKS FOR MEMBERS
Oue of the strangest clubs in the Midlands, is the “Finger Club,” at Walsall.
It was formed for the purpose of assisting local charities, the funds being derived from fines for nonobservance of rules so designed that they may be frequently and thoughtlessly broken.
The most vexatious rule is that fingers must give place to forks on club nights, and the spectacle of prominent townsmen sitting at table and conveying food from their plates to their mouths with their fingers would afford something of a shock to those uuacquainted with the pecularities of the “Finger Club.” THE CLUB CHANT When the mayor and borough member attended the annual banquet at the club’s headquarters they and other guests were made exempt from the observance of club rules, so were not faced with the difficulty of tackling a menu prepared, one would imagine, especially with a view to test the digital skill of the most a.dept members of the club. There was some good speech-making after dinner, during which the members were lauded by the mayor for their charitable efforts. The club has a chant, which runs: At finger club to-night With fingers take a bite ; .Soothe thirst with ale and wine, To charity be benign. Be benign, be benign, to charity be benign.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 654, 4 May 1929, Page 28
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219FINGER CLUB FEAST Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 654, 4 May 1929, Page 28
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